Shōsōin
Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan
The Shōsō-in (正倉院) is a Japanese treasure house in the Tōdai-ji temple complex at Nara[1] It is close to the building which houses the Great Buddha (Diabutsuden).
History
The earliest objects in the Shōsō-in were put there by Empress Kōmyō (701–760). The collection includes artifacts from the arts and crafts of the Tempyō era.
The building was built in the "log-cabin style" (校倉, azekura) with a raised floor raised floor (高床式, takayuka-shiki).
References
Other websites
Media related to Shōsōin at Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), Imperial Household Agency page for Shōsōin (in Japanese)
- University of California, Irvine, Shosoin Imperial Repository. Archived 2009-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
34°41′31″N 135°50′19″E / 34.69194°N 135.83861°E
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